Umbrella.



JOHN SWINLAND, OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA.

UMBRELLA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, i914..

Application led February 27, 1914. Serial No. 821,429.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SWINLAND, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Duluth, in the county of St. Louis and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inUmbrellas; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an extremely simple andhighly efficient umbrella; and, to this end, it consists of the noveldevices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a view partly in elevation andpartly in longitudinal section, with some parts broken away, showing myimproved umbrella open; Fig. 2 is a view corresponding to Fig. 1, butshowing the improved umbrella closed; Fig. 3 is an elevation of theumbrella closed, with the stick telescoped therein; Fig. 4 is a viewpartly in elevation and partly in longitudinal section of the umbrellaas shown in Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a Y plan view of the so-called crown capand the associate parts of the umbrella, on an enlarged scale; Fig. 6 isa view in section, taken on the line m m6 of Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a detailview of the inner end of the umbrella stick and connected ends of thebraces; and Fig. 8 is a view corresponding to Fig. 7 but showing adifferent method of connecting the braces to the stick.

The numeral 1 indicates the umbrella stick, having, at its inner end, ahead 2, and the numeral 3 indicates the ribs pivotally connected, attheir radiating point, to a socalled oating crown piece 4, for openingand closing movements. It is important to v note that said crown piece 4is entirely free from and independent of the stick 1. A cover 5 issecured to the ribs 3, extends over the crown piece 4, and is clampedthereon by a crown cap 6, having a ground-engaging point, and secured tosaid crown piece by a set screw 7.

The ribs 3 are supported entirely from the stick 1 by spreaders 8,pivotally connected, at their outer ends, to the intermediate portionsof the ribs 3, and pivotally connected, at their inner ends, to an outerrunner t: slidably mounted on the intermediate portio-n of the stick 1.The spreaders 8 are further connected to the stick 1 by braces 10,pivotally connected, at their outer ends, to the intermediate portionsof said spreaders, and pivotally connected, at their inner ends, to aninner runner 11 slidably mounted on the inner end portion of thestick 1. Normally, the runner 11 is held between the head 2 and aspring-pressed catch 12 on the stick 1 against sliding movement. Whenthe umbrella is o-pen, the runner 9 is held in a position on the stick1, to keep the umbrella open, by a spring-pressed catch 13 on saidstick.

In the normal positions of the parts of the umbrella, as shown in Figs.1 and 2, the floatingcrow-n piece 4 is supported from the ribs 3 quite adistance outward from the inner end of the stick 1. To enable theumbrella to be folded into a relatively small and compact form, thelatches 12 and 13 are released, and the stick 1 telescoped through therunners 9*11 into the umbrella, as shown in Figs.` 3 and 4.

In Fig. 8, the runner 11 is shown secured to the stick 1 byscrew-threaded engagement, in place of the latch 12. This screw-threadedengagement comprises eX- ternal threads 14 cut on the stick 1, adjacentto the head 2, and internal threads 15 cut in the runner 11. Obviously,by rotating the stick 1, the threads 14 may be turned into or out oft-he threads 15, at will, to release the runner 11 from the stick 1, andpermit sliding movement thereon.

While the loatin cro-wn piece is shown applied to an umbre la havingstil ribs and stick, it is, of course, understood that the same may beapplied to an umbrella having collapsible or telescoping ribs and stick,such, for example, as disclosed and claimed in my Patent No. 1,088,743,granted March 3, 1914, entitled Folding umbrella.

In some instances, it might be desirable to pivotally connect the innerends of the braces 10 directly to the stick 1, in place of pivotallyconnecting the same to a. runner, as shown.

What I claim is 1. An umbrella comprising a stick, ribs connectedat'their radiating point, outward of and free from the umbrella stick, arunner slidable on said stick, spreaders pivotally connected to saidrunner and ribs, and braces pivotally connected to said stick and tosaid spreaders.

2. An umbrella comprising a stick, a lloating crown piece entirely freefrom and independent ot' said stick7 ribs pivotally7 connected to andradiating from said crown piece, a runner slidable on said stick,spreaders pivotally connected to said runner and to the intermediateportion of said ribs7 and braces pivotally connected to the inner end ofsaidstick and to the intermediate portion of said spreaders.

3. An umbrella comprising a stick, a tloating crown piece entirely treefrom and independent of said stick, ribs pivotally connected to andradiating from said crown piece, inner and outer runners slidable onsaid stick, spreaders pivotally connected to said outer runner and tothe intermediate portion of said ribs, braces pivotally connected tosaid inner runner' and to the intermediate portion or said spreaders,and means for holding said runners against sliding movement when theumbrella is open.

4. An umbrella comprising a stick7 a loating crown piece entirely freefrom and independent of said sticln, ribs pivotally connected to andradiating from said crown piece, inner and outer runners slidable onsaid stick, spreaders pivotally connected to said outer runner and tothe intermediate portion of said ribs, braces piyotally connected tosaid inner runner and to the intermediate portion of said spreaders, and

means for holding said runners against sliding movement when theumbrella is open, but operative to permit said stick to more into saidumbrella through said runners when the umbrella is closed.

5. An umbrella comprising la stick, ribs connected at their radiatingpoint outward or and free :trom the umbrella stick, inner and outerrunners slidable on said stick, spreaders pivotally connected to saidouter ruimer and to the intermediate portion of said ribs, bracespivotally connected to said inner runner and to the intermediate portionof said spreaders, and means for holding said runners against slidingmovement When the umbrella is open.

6. An umbrella comprising a stickJ ribs connected at their radiatingpoint outward of and free from the umbrella stick, inner and outerrunners slidable on said stick, spreaders pivotally connected to saidouter runner and to the intermediate portion of said ribs, bracespivotally connected to said inner runner and to the intermediate portion.of said spreaders, and means for holding said runners against sliding`movement when the umbrella is ope-n, but operative to permit said stickto move into said umbrella through said runners when the umbrella isclosed.

In testimony whereof I ailiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN SVINLAND. lWitnesses DANIEL XV. SCOTT, LAWRENCE J. Prrrs.

Genies of this patent may be .obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

